Golden Globes: quotes of the night

Golden Globes: quotes of the night

Ricky Gervais's digs at Hollywood's finest won him both fans and enemies last night. Judge for yourself how far Reading's finest went with this selection of quotes from him – and some of the night's other winners

Ricky Gervais in his opening monologue

'It's going to be a night of partying and heavy drinking. Or as Charlie Sheen calls it – breakfast. Wow, so let's get this straight, so what he did was, he picked up a porn star, paid her to have dinner with him, introduced her to his ex-wife – as you do – went to a hotel, got drunk, got naked, trashed the place while she was locked in a cupboard, and that was a Monday. What does he do New Year's Eve?'

Colin Firth accepts the award for best actor

Ricky Gervais on the cast of Sex and the City 2

'There were a lot of big films that didn't get nominated this year. Nothing for Sex and the City 2. No, I was sure the Golden Globe for special effects would go to the team that airbrushed that poster. Girls, we know how old you are. I saw one of you in an episode of Bonanza.'

Melissa Leo on winning a supporting actress award for her role in The Fighter

Paul Giamatti, winner of best actor, musical or comedy for Barney's Version

'I got paid to smoke and drink and have sex in this movie … I'm a little jacked up because I ate five boxes of the free Godiva chocolates. I just saw Godiva chocolate. I've never seen so many Godiva chocolates. And Halle Berry.'

Ricky Gervais

'Talking of the walking dead, congratulations to Hugh Hefner, who is getting married at age 84 to 24-year-old beauty Crystal Harris. When asked why she was marrying him, she said, "He lied about his age. I thought he was 94." Calm down. Just don't look at it when you touch it.'

Michael Douglas, who was recently treated for throat cancer

Ricky Gervais

'It was a big year for 3D movies. Toy Story, Despicable Me, Tron,' he said. 'It seemed like everything this year was three-dimensional. Except the characters in The Tourist. I already feel bad about that joke. I tell you what, I'm jumping on the bandwagon, because I haven't even seen The Tourist. Who has? But it must be good because it's nominated, so shut up, OK? And I'd like to crush this ridiculous rumour that the only reason The Tourist was nominated was so that the foreign press of could hang out with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. That was not the only reason; they also accepted bribes.'